OMSA Exam #2 Questions and Answers |
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Why do you pull back on the plunger of a local anesthetic before injecting? - Answer-Helps avoid
injecting local anesthetic directly into a blood vessel
Why are local anesthetics combined with vasoconstrictors? - Answer-To slow uptake and reduce
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Local anesthetics do not eliminate the sensation of what? - Answer✔✔-Pressure
What is the most useful property of narcotic analgesics such as Fentanyl and Demerol? - Answer✔✔-
Analgesia (pain relief)
What is the reversal agent for narcotic analgesics? - Answer✔✔-Narcan (naloxone)
What is the primary analgesia for an OS patient under sedation? - Answer✔✔-local anesthesia
What is the most important and possibly life threatening side effect of narcotic analgesics? - Answer✔✔-
Respiratory depression
What drug is classified as a barbiturate? - Answer✔✔-methohexital (Brevital)
Barbiturate anesthetics have what properties? - Answer✔✔-Low incidence of nausea and vomiting,
ability to cause brief apnea, and rapid onset of action
What is a characteristic of Brevital? - Answer✔✔-It is stable for 24 hours when prepared with sterile
water
What is an effect that is characteristic of barbiturate anesthetics? - Answer✔✔-Detoxified by the liver
and excreted by the kidneys
What are possible side effects of barbiturate anesthetics? - Answer✔✔-Hiccups, laryngospasm, and
cough
What percentage of oxygen is in room air? - Answer✔✔-21%
When opening the valve of an oxygen tank the valve should be what? - Answer✔✔-fully opened
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